Process of making wall-covering.



c. A. SEALANDER.

PROCESS OF MAKING WALL COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23,19l6.

1,209,342 Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

CARL A. SEALANDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PROCESS OF MAKING WALL-COVERING.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1916. Serial No. 116,471.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. SEALANDER, a subject of the King of Sweden,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Processes of MakingVVall-Covering, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the method or process ofmaking a covering or lining for walls, and it consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation ofthe parts thereof, and in the material employed, as well as in the novelsteps practised in the production thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a covering for wallsin general,

which shall be comparatively simple and inexpensive, highly sanitary,attractive in appearance, easily positioned on the wall in the customaryor ordinary way.

While my invention is adapted for use as a covering for walls ingeneral, yet it is more particularly intended to be employed as acovering for the walls of bath-rooms, and other walls which are likelyto be subjected to splashing of water, and another important object ofthe invention, is to provide a wall covering which is made up in piecesor blocks, and which can be carried in stock and supplied to the tradeas desired or upon demand.

A still further object of the invention, is to furnish a wall coveringwhich is impervious to water and dampness and can be given a marbleizedeffect in various colors, or any other attractive design or grainingeffect.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesub-joined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing which serves to illustrate the invention,Figure l, is a face view of a piece of wall covering embodying theinvention and Fig. 2, is a cross sectional view taken on line 2--2 ofFig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout thetwo views of the drawing.

The covering consists of a face plate 8, of transparent material, but bypreference of glass, and a body 4:, which may be of any suitablecomposition or material, such as concrete, cement, or like material, butby preference of what is known. to the trade, as ready mixed plaster,and between the face 3, and the body at, a quantity of adhesive material5, which may be of any suitable kind, but by preference is composed ofwhite glue, and white enamel, in about equal parts, mixed with asuflicien-t quantity of plaster of Paris to make a pasty mass.

In the manufacture of my wall covering, I place a quantity of water intoa vessel,

. and then place on the surface of the water a small quantity ofpowdered aluminum, which floats and spreads on the surface of theWat-en. I then dip in or subject one side of a piece of glass or othertransparent material, to the water and aluminum, and a portion of bothwill cling to, or coat the surface of the piece of glass or transparentmaterial. I then apply in water colors to the coated glass, shading togive a graining or marbleizing effect. This shading is done by a brushand suitable coloring matter, preferably what is known to the trade, asSwedish black. I then place on said surface of the glass a coating orlayer of the adhesive material, which is by preference composed of theingredients above mentioned, and in about the quantities abovespecified. While this adhesive coat or layer is in a plastic state, Iapply the composition composing the body 4, while it is in a plasticstate or condition, and then permit the body composition and theadhesive compound to set or harden, in which operation the entire masswill be firmly secured to the surface of the glass on which the grainingor marbleized effect has been produced.

It is obvious that the treated or coated surface of the glass can beembellished with any suitable design or designs, and that on account ofthe transparency of the glass such design, designs, graining ormarbleizing effect will be presented to view, when the covering isplaced on the wall.

As white glue and white enamel and plaster of Paris are used to producethe adhesive combination or mixture, it is evident that a whiteback-ground at the rear surface of the glass will be afforded, thusbringing out in bold relief the designs, graining, or marbleizing effecton the glass.

This covering being made up in pieces or blocks of any suitable size itis manifest that Patented Dec. 19, 1916..

it can be carried in stock and that it can be placed in position on theWall in the usual or customary manner.

By using the powdered aluminum in the Water, as above stated, and bydipping the sheet or piece of glass in the Water so as to immerse atleast one surface of the glass, it

is obvious that a quantity of the water and aluminum will adhere to theglass, and that on removing the glass from the water and holding theglass in substantially a vertical position, the water and the aluminumcan ried thereby will gravitate downwardly in streaks or grain likeeffect thus indicating the lines or positions to be touched up lightlyWith a brush and Water colors of any desired kind or shade. The adhesivematerial is then applied to the thus coated surface of the glass and is,by preference, pressed in the direction of the lines of the graini'ngthus blending the colors and giving a natural marble appearance.

By the employment of the aluminum a hard, deep, and quite natural effectwill be produced.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is The herein described method ofmaking Wall covering consisting in subjecting one surface of a piece ofglass to Water and powdered aluminum, then placing on said surface adesign or designs, then applying an adhesivein a plastic state to saidsurface, and then applying a body composition in a plastic state to saidadhesive. V CARL A. SEALANDER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, L. PEIZICK.-

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